State and Federal Gambling News in the USA

Below you will find the latest gambling news on a State and Federal level in the United States. The gambling news covers information on topics such as online poker, daily fantasy sports betting, commercial casinos, state lotteries, racetrack wagering, casinos games on the internet, land-based poker rooms, charitable gaming, and tribal casinos to name a few. Basically, anything related to gambling in the USA on a State-by-State or Federal level will be covered including online and land-based activities.


Arkansas Senator Will Bond has introduced Senate Bill 669 which could legalize online and mobile sports wagering in the state. The bill seeks to award sports betting licenses to four casinos or gambling establishments, limiting them to one per county.  The Arkansas Racing...
 

Montana is pushing to see sports betting regulated in the state before the end of its regular session in a couple of weeks time. Three bills are currently in the legal pipelines - one has been approved by the Senate and will head to the House, while the other two have received...
 

The Oaklawn Racing Center Resort in Hot Springs and Southland Casino and Racing in West Memphis will roll out official casino gaming for Arkansas residents from this week.  The two tracks will open their doors to gamblers just five short months after the state approved changes...
 

A group of some 25 state attorney generals have demanded that the US Attorney General, William Barr, clarify the federal position on lotteries. The group, led by West Virginia AG, Patrick Morrisey, have expressed their concern over the opinion given by the Department of Justice,...
 

Two more casinos have applied for permission to offer sports betting at their sites in Pennsylvania. The state's Gaming Control Board said on Friday that Mount Airy Casino Resort and the Mohegan Sun Poncono also want to offer mobile sports betting through their license.  The...
 

West Virginia has become the fifth state to legalize online poker and online casino gambling, after Governor Jim Justice signed H 2934 into law.  The West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act also makes the state the third one to legalize mobile sports betting, online...
 

The North American NHL ice hockey league has inked a partnership deal with gaming giant, William Hill US. Under the terms of the deal, William Hill will become the official betting partner of the ice hockey league. Most of the terms of the partnership agreement were not...
 

Illinois seeks to make changes to a proposed sports betting bill that was introduced last month to the House.  Four separate amendments will be introduced to House Bill 3308 which was filed by Rep. Michael Zalewski. The House Rules, and Revenue and Finance Committees will...
 

The New Jersey online gambling platform of the GVC Holdings-owned bwin.party has been slapped with a fine of more than $80K for self-exclusion breaches. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) charged bwin for allowing players who were deemed ‘self-excluded’ to...
 

The American Gaming Association estimates that US players will spend around $8.5 billion betting on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament, March Madness, in the next three weeks. It is expected that 47 million Americans will place...
 
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